Description
The DLR is the national aeronautics and space research centre of the Federal Republic of Germany. Within the SYNERGIES project, two DLR’s institutes are involved. First, the Institute of Transportation Systems (based in Braunschweig and Berlin) where research into technologies for the intermodal connected and automated transport on road and rail is conducted. To achieve this, interdisciplinary teams of scientists are working on the development of innovative operating concepts and methods. Their goal is to ensure climate-neutral and sustainable mobility in cities and regions. Second, the Institute of Systems Engineering for Future Mobility (based in Oldenburg) where methods for developing and safeguarding of future automated and autonomous transportation systems are researched. The focus is on the development of new, efficient systems engineering methods and tools for proving functionality and practical suitability as well as the further development of trustworthy systems in the automotive, shipping and rail sectors.
Role and Key Contribution to the Project
DLR will employ its research facilities (e.g., Research Vehicle, Test Bed Lower Saxony, Mobile sensing units and simulation) to gather comprehensive data for scenarios’ generation. This includes data from real world traffic situation as well as synthetic data from simulations. Additionally, DLR will contribute to the developed methodology for scenario generation by defining methods to identify critical scenarios as well as using human-in-the-loop simulations to explore specific corner cases especially for interaction with Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) such as pedestrian and cyclists. Finally, DLR will help with stakeholder engagement and outreaching of potential users of the SYNERGIES Platform.
Website
https://www.dlr.de/de/ts/
https://www.dlr.de/de/se/